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Goonumbla solar farm near Parkes in New South Wales has been fully completed and is ready to fulfil its PPA with government owned utility Snowy Hydro.

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AGL faces fresh calls from shareholders to accelerate closure of its coal power fleet, including the Loy Yang A brown coal plant, one of Australia's dirtiest.

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Gold Fields says ground-breaking West Australian project that shifted gold mine to 50-60% wind, solar and battery storage could aim for a target of 99% renewables.

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While many electric car owners couple their EV with a solar system, it's important to know which is the cheapest to run on grid power.

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A proposed multibillion-dollar project to build a pumped hydro storage plant could make New Zealand’s electricity grid 100% renewable, but is this the best solution?

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Germany backs pilot project which will build a 30MW electrolyser to produce green hydrogen from electricity generated by an offshore wind farm.

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Contractor that is working on many of Australia's most prominent solar projects placed in hands of administrators as project owners scramble to fill gap.

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New report says US can achieve 90% clean electricity mix by 2035 – as opposed to 55% under a business-as-usual scenario – if it follows a set of institutional, market, and regulatory policies.

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Australian investors tip $140m into new green bonds targeting ASX 300 companies committed to embracing the climate transition.

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Scientists have made an important discovery that they say “breaks a bottleneck” in the process of extracting hydrogen from water through electrolysis.

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Victorian farmer worried about the impact of major new transmission works delivers blunt message to DNSP. And while novel in approach, the sentiment is not new.

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ACT Labor becomes the latest to offer zero interest loans for solar and storage through its first election promise ahead of an October poll.

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EnergyAustralia profits fall in the first half, but confirms it is looking at 1GW of new fast-start gas generation to fill the gaps of the retiring coal fleet.

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Infigen says revenues have been hit by Covid-19 impacts, but long term outlook heightened by pace of clean energy transition and AEMO's 20-year blueprint.

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A new CSIRO study finds a switch to a hydrogen fuelled aviation sector could occur by 2050, and may be necessary to avoid a massive increase in emissions.

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New modelling suggests handsome returns for proposed Copperstring 2.0 transmission link from Mt Isa and Townsville, to unlock renewable energy and a major mining province.

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The bonds are linked to the first forward-looking climate index in Australia and the proceeds will be used to invest in a portfolio of green projects.

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Hazer Group board gives final investment decision approval to $17 million Perth biogas-to-hydrogen pilot facility that has received ARENA backing.

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Defying Covid-19, Australia's rooftop solar installs set new monthly record for July and surpasses 2.5 million total installs.

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Shell expands its Australian push into businesses beyond the fossil fuel sector with the acquisition of carbon offset firm Select Carbon.

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